Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine

On 18 June 1939, Pope Pius XII named Francis a joint patron saint of Italy along with Catherine of Siena with the apostolic letter "Licet Commissa".

[2] Pope Pius also mentioned the two saints in the laudative discourse he pronounced on 5 May 1949, in the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

On 18 June 1939 Pope Pius XII named her a joint patron saint of Italy along with Francis of Assisi.

[12] His patronal feast is also celebrated in Somerville, Massachusetts (United States); in Yucuaquín[16][17] (El Salvador); in Bucalemu[18] (Chile); in Huamachuco[19][20][21] (Peru); in Panajachel,[22] and San Francisco, Petén[23] (Guatemala); in Tlalcilalcalpan[24] and Valle de Bravo, Mexico;[25] in Tonalá, Chiapas;[26] in Acachuén[27] and Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán[28] (Mexico).

On 4 October 1970, Pope Paul VI named Catherine a Doctor of the Church;[30] this title was almost simultaneously given to Teresa of Ávila (27 September 1970),[31] making them the first women to receive this honour.